Example sentences of "[coord] [vb infin] [pers pn] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Area Director also has power to discharge or revoke it upon the happening of specified events including a request from the applicant so to do , or where the aid has been abused , or where the applicant is in arrears with contributions , or where the applicant 's financial position improves so that he or she is able to afford to fund legal action . |
| 2 | I have been convinced for a long time that people could not love , accept or respect me for the person I am , only for the amazing amount of exercise I can do . |
| 3 | What the charity groups think of him is hardly going to make or break him in the operatic world . ’ |
| 4 | For large tensile specimens most test machines use swivelling or gimbal grip mountings to avoid such effects of non-axiality , but when small specimens are used , of a few millimetres in cross-section as is common with polymer tests , axiality may become more difficult to achieve because the mass of the swivelling grip requires considerable stress to rotate or move it into the axial position . |
| 5 | The general law of confidential information would impose a duty to the donors of information not to use or disclose it beyond the purposes for which it is given without consent of the donors . |
| 6 | Rain had to choose whether to let him pass or lead him into the house and try to steer him away from the kitchen . |
| 7 | Those of us who live in south-east London not three miles from King 's Cross know that if we were taking our children to meet a continental train , or if we were taking elderly parents or grandparents to meet the train , we would not take them to King 's Cross , because we could not park there or get them near the platforms . |
| 8 | There are all kinds and levels of faith but only one God who will accept or reject us for the lives we live today . |
| 9 | The change-over day from one occupancy to the next was on a Saturday , when our admirable Jane Jones arrived to clean and prepare it for the next lot . |
| 10 | I just do n't see how you can kiss and cuddle me in the department when nothing at all is going on between us , and then just as soon as there is , you switch it all off like a blasted tap ! ’ |
| 11 | We 'll try and make it in the morning . |
| 12 | Right , I got a cheque in my pocket made out to pay cash so she said you can go in and cash it on the counter . |
| 13 | He gambles that I will not leap down and pursue him along the pavement . |
| 14 | I want you to love and desire me with the same degree of passion that Lucia loved and desired my namesake . |
| 15 | She recalled his saying , ‘ I want you to love and desire me with the same degree of passion that Lucia loved and desired my namesake . ’ |
| 16 | But they were quite happy to come along and discuss it with the parish council erm and . |
| 17 | No doubt the judge , if he does not agree with the course proposed , is fully entitled to convey that to counsel and discuss it in the absence of the jury . |
| 18 | I suppose they might try and sellotape her to the walls of their cells . |
| 19 | They can decide which pathways to follow and explore them at the time they ‘ read ’ the document . |
| 20 | Buchanan 's Triangles clubmate Mark Tosh pushed hard to try and catch him on the five-mile run but the Derry man won in a time of 1.28.52 . |
| 21 | But you see , the Reverend has a distant relative whom he means to put in my place and so I was granted sick leave over the holiday in order that his dear Jonathan could come and assist him with the Christmas services . |
| 22 | Bullied into bathing , Theda allowed Agnes to wash her long hair for her , and acquiesced when that redoubtable dame dragged a chair outside that she might sit and dry it in the sun . |
| 23 | We 're not expecting trouble from them and we 're there to help and direct them into the areas where they can get into the ground . |
| 24 | I was going to wash the pots I 'll go and smack him round the head |
| 25 | Because he thinks a woman is not gon na get up and smack him in the face . |
| 26 | It would be better to try and beat them at the bottom of the curve rather than when the South Africans were improving . |
| 27 | One evening , when his golf match had been cancelled , he decided to drive down and collect me from the river . |
| 28 | My health , I am feeling strong and looking confident on the outside , so you must try and feel it on the inside oh dear the planets are on your side this week for love , needless to say |
| 29 | Now , though , she was sitting in the dressing-room , not even sure if she could persuade her legs to stand up and carry her to the stage . |
| 30 | Some other employee has to go and fetch him in the morning |